Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

The Northaven Trail Pedestrian Bridge Over US 75 Gets Approval from TxDOT

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2021 /

I don’t know if I should be overjoyed, or start buying more Advil. Our Northaven Trail (to which I am addicted) will soon be connected to the White Rock Creek Trail. Which means, in this house, a whole lot more walking. My husband sometimes bikes to Texas Healthcare Resources, taking the Northaven Trail from our…

Zoom! It’s Sold: Who Says Hot Sales Are Only For The Brand New Babes?

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2021 /

What do buyers want in today’s hot hot market? Ask any agent and they will scream, almost in unison, “NEW CONSTRUCTION! CONTEMPORARY DESIGN!” Got an older home to sell? Better suck it up for several months, because those new hot young babes are going to edge your listing out, right? Wrong! The inimitable Susan Baldwin…

Zoom, It’s Sold: Lucinda Buford Juggles a Real Nail-Biter of a Deal

By Candy Evans / February 25, 2021 /

How in the world do you handle multiple offers on the buy side AND the sale side, with clients who didn’t think they wanted to move, when you are stuck at home sick and quarantined with Covid, all in one day? If you are Lucinda Buford, you can handle the impossible. More proof of how…

Just In: Super Moving Sale at Lisa Luby Ryan Thursday, Feb. 25

By Candy Evans / February 24, 2021 /

It’s one day only, all because Lisa Luby Ryan, one of our favorite designers, is moving her way-too-cool shop over to Slocum Street. So head over to 1810 Market Center Boulevard tomorrow at 9 a.m. sharp to get you some beautiful LLR bargains. This reminds me: we need to do a story on Lisa’s gorgeous…

Should North Texas Homes Be Built For Single-Digit Weather?

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2021 /

I grew up west of Chicago on what was once raw prairie land and cornfields. The area was later filled in with housing stock after World War II. Nothing fancy: a 1950s bungalow with two bedrooms, one bath, living area, dining nook, kitchen, and a porch where my mother had a wringer washer when I…